Attachment 16268 (http://www.daniweb.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=16268)The federal government and almost all these United States are broke, and so they're considering something we've all at least thought about from time to time: making money off the Internet. There's a fight brewing in...

Attachment 16267 (http://www.daniweb.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=16267)Indie game developer Jeff Vogel (head of Spiderweb Soft.) wrote a thoughtful piece (http://jeff-vogel.blogspot.com/2010/07/sometimes-its-ok-to-steal-my-games.html) on piracy on Wednesday, for his blog, The Bottom...

If you’re one of the outstanding users yet to make the pilgrimage to Gmail from your dilapidated Hotmail account, you may have been one of the lucky ones (like myself this morning) rewarded recently with a handful of e-sunshine for your continued loyalty. The once affluent e-mail service...

As more Q1 fiscal reports keep rolling in, it's clear that Sony stands out among the gaming pack, thanks in part to a significant rise is PS3 Sales. Unfortunately, Nintendo and Capcom didn't fare so well. Attachment 16254 (http://www.daniweb.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=16254)*Sony*...

Attachment 16251 (http://www.daniweb.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=16251)Artist Andy Warhol declared in 1968, "In the future , everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes." And now YouTube's (http://www.youtube.com) working to make that a little more possible. The popular video site is...

Attachment 16252 (http://www.daniweb.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=16252)Questions have been raised (http://mobile.venturebeat.com/2010/07/28/android-wallpaper-app-that-steals-your-data-was-downloaded-by-millions/) about an Android wallpaper application that is collecting personal data and...

A lawsuit filed against Facebook in 2008 has had its day in court -- and lost. Attachment 16247 (http://www.daniweb.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=16247)Ohio-based Leader Technologies (http://www.leader.com/) filed suit against Facebook, charging that it had infringed on their 2006...

A number of the nation's biggest media sites were hit with a lawsuit last week, claiming that they are violating federal eavesdropping and hacking laws by using "zombie cookies." Attachment 16245 (http://www.daniweb.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=16245)The technology, created by...

Attachment 16244 (http://www.daniweb.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=16244)Ron Bowes has been accused of hacking Facebook. But when he put the information for over a 100 million Facebook (http://www.facebook.com) users into a 2.8 GB torrent stream on his website Skullsecurity.org, he didn't...

Attachment 16243 (http://www.daniweb.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=16243)Foursquare is so hung up on where we are now or where we've been... Never fear, Plancast (http://plancast.com) is here to fill the void in the location-based future social networking space. Actually, it's much cooler...

At the Black Hat (http://www.blackhat.com/) conference in Las Vegas, Barnaby Jack gave a demonstration of how he learned to crack the security of various stand alone ATM's. While they have long been at risk for physical theft (someone stealing or physically breaking into the internal safe of the...

A lot of rumors began circulating about the possibility of a new Kindle on the horizon after the popular Kindle DX seemed to suddenly be sold out on Amazon's web site some time ago leading to the speculation that Amazon had a new version in the works. Wednesday those suspicions were confirmed as...

With a fanship of over half a million people strong morbidly updating us about going to the gym and how they’re about to eat dinner semi-colon right bracket, Facebook's dominance seems untouchable, as they relish on their throne as the Wal-Mart of social networking. That is, until you mention...

Attachment 16222 (http://www.daniweb.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=16222)A new Facebook feature is gearing up to waste more of your time very soon. Facebook Questions has been launched in a limited beta test, naturally begging the important question, "What the Heck is Facebook Questions?" ...

Many bloggers have tried to find a business model for blogging, but Steve Gibson's figured out a way to make money off the bloggers themselves. He relies on suing them. Gibson is CEO of Las Vegas company Righthaven (http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/07/copyright-trolling-for-dollars/), which...

Attachment 16221 (http://www.daniweb.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=16221)iPhone users can now create Web photo albums straight from their phone, with the ability to update existing albums. No longer is uploading photos from the iPhone a time-consuming task. In the past, iPhone users...

Attachment 16218 (http://www.daniweb.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=16218)According to Peter Laurie on The Daily Beast (http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-07-21/will-microsoft-ceo-steve-ballmer-be-fired-for-low-stock-price/), Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer may soon be out....

*Ban and ye shall receive!* “Hello, recently, your Steam account was erroneously banned from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. This was our mistake, and I apologize for any frustration or angst it may have caused you. We have reversed the ban, restoring your access to the game. In addition, we...

Attachment 16216 (http://www.daniweb.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=16216)Intel revealed a new fiber-optic interface yesterday, capable of transferring an entire HD movie in a single second. Curious, considering they've yet to release their relatively modern Light Peak...